Democrats are stepping up their opposition to one of President Trump’s latest executive orders, which would require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote.

The order directs state and local officials to record on voter registration forms “the type of document that the applicant presented as documentary proof of United States citizenship,” such as a passport, Real ID, or another state or federal issue identification that proves citizenship, among other aspects.

Critics say the order will only result in large swaths of voters being disenfranchised, and multiple groups, including the Democratic National Committee, have filed lawsuits over the executive order to block it from moving forward.

“There are multiple problems with it,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told The Hill.

“The president [of] United States does not control voting laws. The states control voting laws in America, and Congress can regulate, but Congress has not passed anything the president’s talking about,” added Raskin, who’s also a constitutional law professor,.

Trump late last month signed an executive order that said it was “the policy of my Administration to enforce Federal law and to protect the integrity of our election process.”

In addition to requiring proof of citizenship in order to register to vote, it would also allow the advisory Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), in tandem with the Department of Homeland Security, to “review each State’s publicly available voter registration list and available records concerning voter list maintenance activities.”

The executive order directs members of Trump’s Cabinet to make sure state and local officials have access to systems that can verify a voters’ citizenship or immigration status. And it looks to enter into information-sharing agreements with each state’s chief election official to tackle potential election law violations; if states don’t cooperate with the........

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